I can't believe that this thread has not gained more interest. It seems like more and more people are complaining and feel that the mods are sleeping on the job. Although there have been a few times where I felt i was being "abused"(for lack of a better word) and i wish a mod would have stepped in, I don't really feel that way my self. I am having a hard time deciding how to word this so i am just gonna go for it and hope it isn't misinterpreted. It doesn't really effect the mods if a user is abused by someone and decides not to come back. Sure they may have to delete a ranting thread or something, but there is no lasting consequence. As far as I know they don't share in the profits of the site, sure they get paid points but its not like they get paid based on the number of disputes they stop, so to zab when a member leaves it is one less member to do tasks and earn revenue, but to the mods when a member leaves it is just on less person they have to police. I am not saying that any mods purposely let people get abused just so they will leave. I am just saying that fewer members=less policing. There have also been times where people get into it in a thread and a mod steps in and defends one of them, only to find out that they are actually in the wrong or when a mod will close a thread and then poofy of zab will reopen it, there has to be a little embarrassment to the mod in those instances.Also and I am sure people will deny this, but no one wants people to dislike them, people want to be liked plain and simple so they let things slide and hope people think of them as "the cool MOD" What I am trying to say is that there is more of an incentive to let things go than there is to step in. Its kind of like when u were a kid and saw some on getting bullied on the playground, sure you could step in and risk embarrassment, but if that bully is picking on them, he cant pick on you. All of this is to say that to some of the mods, and certainly not all, (it is really just a few that i can think of) it doesn't really matter to them if someone leaves the site because they feel abused. Maybe someone has an idea on how to light a fire under them and really get them invested in the idea of keeping members active on the site.